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DE PROFUNDIS by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: OUT OF THE DEPTHS
Last Line: THY CHARITY.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Out of the depths
To Thee, O Lord, I cried,
And Thou my pressing need
Hast ne'er denied.

Thy hand reached down,
The strong right hand of Love,
And lifted me right up
My cares above.

Had I not been
Sunk in the depths of woe,
I ne'er had known how much
To Thee I owe.

And so, although
The depths were very sore,
Through them I know Thee more
Than e'er before.

Out of the depths
My soul can rise to God,
Since He who died for me
This same way trod.

So, for the depths
I still will grateful be,
Since they made known to me
Thy Charity.



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